STAND. COM. REP. NO. 127-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 2494

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2494 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RECORDATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to authorize the registrar to set office hours for recordation within the Bureau of Conveyance (Bureau).

The Department of Land and Natural Resources and The Land Court of the Judiciary offered testimony in support of this measure.

Your Committee finds that under the present statute, the registrar can only accept or enter for record any instrument or other paper between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. This measure provides the Bureau with the flexibility to adjust hours for recordation and not be limited by hours of operation established by statute.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2494 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committees on Labor and Public Employment and Judiciary.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs,

 

____________________________

EZRA R. KANOHO, Chair